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Green cities: using city deals to drive low carbon growth
Posted on: 10 January 2013
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The Green Alliance has published a report which examines the degree to which cities can drive low carbon growth and looks in detail at the city deals process as a means of achieving this. ‘City deals’ have been introduced to unlock the economic potential of cities, transferring power, tools and support from central government. So far, deals have been agreed with the eight core cities, known as ‘wave one’, and a further 20 cities, known as ‘wave two’, are in the running to agree deals by November 2013. The report looks at how wave one cities integrated low carbon ambitions into their deals and makes recommendations about how this can be achieved and embedded more consistently among wave two cities, as they agree their deals in the coming year.
DC: The walk up wake-up call
Posted on: 3 December 2012
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This research takes a look at Washington, D.C., a national pioneer in walkable urban places, to identify where development has and will take place, and the economic and social impact it will have.
North West Bicester Eco-town
Posted on: 29 November 2012
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The first, exemplar phase of the UK’s first eco town development at North West Bicester has been awarded One Planet Living status, one of only six developments in the world to achieve this benchmark. One Planet Living is a coveted endorsement which confirms the project as making a sustainable future a reality today.
North West Bicester Eco-town
Posted on: 29 November 2012
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The first, exemplar phase of the UK’s first eco town development at North West Bicester has been awarded One Planet Living status, one of only six developments in the world to achieve this benchmark. One Planet Living is a coveted endorsement which confirms the project as making a sustainable future a reality today.
Suburban Neighbourhood Adaptation for a Changing Climate (SNACC): Final report
Posted on: 20 November 2012
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This report presents findings from the Suburban Neighbourhood Adaptation for a Changing Climate (SNACC) research project. The project aimed to answer the questions:
How can existing suburban neighbourhoods in England be ‘best’ adapted to reduce further impacts of climate change and withstand ongoing changes?
What are the processes that bring about climate change motivated adaptation in suburban areas? Specifically: what might motivate residents and other stakeholders to adapt to present and future climate threats?
Plans for Great City in China
Posted on: 8 November 2012
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Work is about to start on a high-density, car-free “satellite city” for 80,000 people that will be built from scratch in a rural location close to Chengdu and later replicated in other parts of China. Chicago firm Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture for private developer Beijing Vantone Real Estate Co., Ltd, the 1.3 square kilometre Great City will feature a high-rise core surrounded by a “buffer landscape” of open space comprising 60% of the total area.
Green networks: From policy to reality. Stirling, 23-24 October 2012
Posted on: 8 November 2012
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Green Networks are firmly set in Scottish Planning Policy and are starting to be delivered within the Central Scotland Green Network area and in several other local authority areas in Scotland. The vision is to create a connected network of well-designed green spaces and green corridors that transcend the boundaries between urban communities and rural environments. This conference set the policy context for Green Networks in Scotland, and explored the challenges and solutions, current initiatives and examples of best practice. Presentations are available online.
The “French District sustainable urban neighbourhood in Tubigen, Germany
Posted on: 1 November 2012
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Tubingen’s “French district”, in German “Französisches Viertel“, is an urban brownfield development project. A 60-hectare military wasteland was converted into a dense urban neighbourhood with mixed urban functions. In a continuing development process, a new living space for 6,000 inhabitants and 2,500 jobs were created. An imaginative urban design enables the combination of living, supply, commerce and light forms of industry. Further on, the neighbourhood is characterised by low energy housing and an innovative mobility concept. Its main policy ideas are to generate fewer trips, shorten their distances and shift traffic to efficient modes of transportation.
Creating strong communities: how to measure the social sustainability of new housing developments
Posted on: 17 October 2012
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Social Life, a new social enterprise created by the Young Foundation, taking forward the Young Foundation’s work on innovation in placemaking, has launched a report on measuring social sustainability. The report, commissioned by the Berkeley Group, includes a framework which defines social sustainability and how you measure it. It has been tested on four Berkeley developments built over the last ten years.
Going Green: How cities are leading the next economy
Posted on: 10 October 2012
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LSE Cities has launched a new edition of its report which provides an up-to-date overview on the experiences of how cities around the world are making the transition to the green economy. The first part of the report consists of the latest version of a major global survey of city governments that was conducted by LSE Cities, ICLEI and GGGI in the run-up to the Rio+20 conference and the 2012 Global Green Growth Forum in Copenhagen, in order to increase awareness of the strengths and weaknesses of cities as key contributors to this global green transformation. The second section investigates in greater detail the experience of eight case study cities in facilitating green growth. Given the importance of integrating policies for delivering green growth, four cross-cutting policy programmes were examined: land-use and transport (Copenhagen and Hong Kong); eco-districts and buildings (Stockholm and Portland); waste, recycling and energy (Belo Horizonte, Brazil and Dublin); and electric mobility and renewable energy (Berlin and London). Two case study cities were selected for each theme, allowing for comparative analysis, and exploration of how similar objectives are being pursued in different contexts, with different policy tools, and using different types of public-private partnership (PPPs).
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